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Germans seem to be losing their taste for beer, with consumption falling to its lowest level since the country was reunited a quarter of a century ago.

They consumed less than 80 billion litres in 2013, switching increasingly to fruit-flavoured and non-alcoholic beers and soft drinks. Even Bavarians, who host the annual Munich Beer Festival, downed 5,000 fewer litres last year, according to the Brewers of Europe organisation.

The new figures equate to 97.3 litres per German, well down on the record of 138 litres per person in 1994.